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ABOUT
Visit the Cyclorama next door to Atlanta's
historic Grant Park you can see artifacts of the
war which are displayed in this amazing Civil
War Museum. Just a few of the many things
you’ll see are the steam locomotive known as
the Texas, a veteran of the Great Locomotive
Chase of 1862.
My favorite, was a journey through time in the
center of a panorama of the Battle of Atlanta,
fought on July 22, 1864, during the American
Civil War.
The painting is 42 feet tall and 358 feet long —
it is the 2 largest painting in the world. The
story of the Civil War was told by an excellent
tour guide who had a degree in History.
The war from the Confederate’s Point of View
AsIwasattheCivilWarMuseum
ourtourguidetoldustheCivilWar
didnotenduntilRobertE.Lee
surrenderedtoUlyssesS.Grantat
AppomattoxCourthousein
Virginia.HesaidthatLincolnwas
Presidentatthattimeandafter
RobertE.Leesurrenderedaweek
laterLincolnwaswatchingaplayat
Ford’sTheaterinWashingtonD.C.
Suddenlyagunshotrangout.John
WilkesBoothhadshotthe
president!
April15,1865thepresidenthad
died!Hewasthefirstpresidentto
beassassination[Assassination-to
bekilledmysomeoneandnot
killedbysickness]shockingthe
nation.
LED BY JAMES J ANDREW IN 1846
1862
The first thing I noticed was the
steam locomotive Texas, and it was
part of the Great Locomotive chase
of 1862, it’s also called the
Andrews’ Raid. The Texas was
used by the Confederates to get
back the locomotive General that
was stolen by James J. Andres who
led the Union Raiders. The raiders
planned to tear up the tracks to put
an end to the Western and Atlantic
railroad supply between Atlanta and
Chattanooga. The General can be
seen at the Kennesaw Civil War
museum in Marietta, GA
FINAL THOUGHTS fterweweredonetouringandlookingattheTexasTrain,ourtouristtookalloftheguestandvisitorstoadark
roomandhelpusintoourseats.Thenhegothispistil[Pistil-AgunthattheyusedinTheCivilWar].Hispistil
wasinhislefthandandamicrophoneontheright.Thenhesaid“TodaywewillbewatchingaCivilWar3D
Video”.Thenheturnedonthevideo.Itlookedsoreallikeyouwerethere.
ThethingIrememberthemostthatmademefeelastrange,sad,andimagingisthatthosepeopleinallof
thosewarsrisktheirlivessoourfuturecouldbeperfectfortheirgrandchildren,andIimaginedthatIwasin
theCivilWarandIwasamanandIwasontheUnion(theNorth)andIwasfightingforlibertyandnomore
slavery.